500 ml bottle into snifter, 2014 vintage bottling. Pours fairly pitch black color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense foamy lacing clings around the glass, with a large amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, raisin, plum, licorice, molasses, pepper, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of roasted/bready malt, earthy hops, and fruity/spicy yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, raisin, plum, licorice, molasses, pepper, herbal, light smoke/char, and yeast/roasted earthiness. Moderate amount of earthy hop/roasted bitterness on the peppery yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, raisin, plum, licorice, molasses, pepper, light smoke/char, and yeast/roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malt, earthy hops, and fruity/spicy yeast flavors; with a great malt/yeast balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, moderately creamy, and slightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice Belgian style imperial stout. All around good balance, robustness, and complexity of roast/bready malt, earthy hops, and fruity/spicy yeast flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on for the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

Dark brown/black pour with good head and lacing. Some caramel and roast. Bittersweet finish. Bottle shared at Brony tasting.

Bottle at the DC Tasting. Dark brownish black with light tan head. Aromas of caramel, cream, vanilla, roast. Tastes of chocolate, caramel, dark fruit. Medium body with a dry finish.

Bottle at Brony Bottle Share. Hazy brown color. Aroma of sourdough brownies. Taste is malty brown bread. Nice.

Pours almost black . Smell is sweet, roasted malts on the oaty / chocolate side . Taste is rather bitter, with some oaty ( coffee ? ) aspects . Bit sweet on top of the roasty taste .

Bottle. Christmas. I have a lot of problems with you people and now you’re going to hear about it! Pours black tan head. Nose/taste of roast chocolate, coffee, pine, molasses and graham cracker. Medium body.

750mL capped bottle poured into a Lost Abbey glass. The smallest head forms atop a black body. Huge unsweet cocoa with bitter malts compose the well attenuated clean aroma. Unsugary sweet malty dry fumey flavor. Nice simple impy stout but a bit bland.